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States Cut Services for Elderly, Disabled
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[link] NOVEMBER 20, 2008 As Budget Shortfalls Force Reductions in Home Care, Low-Income People May Face Nursing Homes, Advocates Say By PHILIP SHISHKIN Faced with widening budget shortfalls, several states are rolling back support services for the elderly and disabled. The move is making it... more »
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mike gibbon aka JQP and lies
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8 newsgroups since reverting back to his old nym. 20 newsgroups as JQP. I could go back even further in time and fish out how many he trolled as Dr. Feelgood. Anyone with the ability to search google's history can verify the validity of that lastest lie. They could even see how few (relatively speaking) I post to.... more »
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Help: my payee cant get my money
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I have a payee representative.. He is always willing to get money for me to use to pay for my needs when i need the money. But he is in the hospital, and I desperately need some money right now to pay for a large expense.. how can i get my money since he cant get to the bank? this is very worriesome... more »
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How can I make medicare understand how much I need HELP
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I live in a state where if you are identified as mentally ill you become a ward of the state and you are FORCED to 'get help' and see a psychiatrist for the REST OF YOUR LIFE. I had become psychotic due to a manic reaction to a very strong, little prescribed MAOI which has fallen in disfavor among psychiatrists. This drug literaLLY BLEW MY MIND BY BOOSTING three different neurotransmitter chemicals, and I became extremely euphoric. This took place over many years, and eventually I had a reaction similiar to amphetamine psychosis. I was then labeled a 'schizophrenic' and forced to take neuoroleptics, that made me impotent, and made me feel dead inside. I was forced to take these meds over and over and over and I always went of them. This wreaked havoc with my brain chemistry. Since I loved the euphoria the maoi gave me, I took more than I should. I have no one to blamne but myself for that part of whatever happened to my brain. The neuroleptic medications were forced on me however, and I think that I had a rebound psychosis when I went off them, and this happened over and over for years. Last year I developed a severe sleeping disorder while I was being kept prisoner in a hospital. When the sleep disorder began, I was stable and being force fed medicine under threat of forcible injections. My sleep disorder is coincidental. It has nothing to do with being 'off' medication. I know that I am not now slipping into another psychosis. I have no symptoms whatsoever. The problem I need help with, is that I tried telling my psychiatrist that I was only getting 2 to 3 hours of very light non REM sleep per week and he does not beleive me. He is telling me that I am sleeping and that I am delusional. He is telling me I have sleep apnia. I know this is not the case because i am on the internet all night long and most of the day. If I was falling alsleep in front of the monitor I would know it, and I am most certainly NOT. I am on SSI, and medicare will not cover sleep disorders. I have tried to contact physicians and I am being ignored because I can't pay. I understand that this is life in the big city but I think i might get some help if medicare knew how serious my condition is. How can I prove that I am only getting two to three hours of sleep? Who do I write to for help in this regard? Has anyone heard of this kind of severe sleep deprivation? I saw a program on the E channel once about celebrity mental disorders, and a celebrity whose name escapes me was said to only get 2 hours of sleep a week before he finally got treatment. Is their a website that documents this kind of severe lack of sleep as even existing? If there is please tell me so I can prove it to my caregivers.... more »
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need help: on SSD reviews please!!!!
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I would like to know , how many people have had SSD reviews? And if so, are they likely or unlikely to just jerk the money from you. I have heard rumors that they can just take it from you , leaving you to be nearly homeless if you cant work. Which is my case. And I am up for a review next summer. What do they do?... more »
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Depression as a disability
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I am 53 years old and am currently on Social Security Disability. My doctor now says I may be suffering from clinical depression. How will this affect my case? Will I have to switch to SSI? Will my SSD benefit amount change?
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A Cooperative Disability Investigation Unit might be watching you
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A Cooperative Disability Investigation Unit might be watching you The Social Security Administration (SSA) and the Office of the Inspector General (OIG), and Disability Determination Services (DDS), administer the Cooperative Disability Investigation (CDI) project. Since its inception in 1998, CDI efforts... more »
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Palin's Mental Health????
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Palin's Mental Health???? It appears to me that the poor woman is headed for a nervous breakdown. We didn't get a clear picture of her health during the campaign. I often wonder if she's not on steroids, DRUGS, which keep her overly hyper. Other than that, she's got more stool attached to her than an elephant who's been... more »
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Facing Deficits, States Get Out Sharper Knives
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Facing Deficits, States Get Out Sharper Knives [link] By JENNIFER STEINHAUER Published: November 16, 2008 LOS ANGELES — Two short months ago lawmakers in California struggled to close a $15 billion hole in the state budget. It was among the... more »
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